Spinning-frame.



PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903.

A. PARKER.

SPINNING FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1903.

N0 MODEL.

CZZZ Parfikfi Wit asses 1,5 9 flfmzfi @Alforgcys No. 745,897; Patented December 1, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED PARKER, OF METHUEN, MASSAOHUSETTSQASSIGNOR TO FRANCIS A. HALL AND PERCY HALL, OF METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPINNING-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,897, dated December 1903.

Application filed June 8, 1903. Serial No. 160,568. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: the subject of the presentinvention. Fig. 2

Beit known that I, ALFRED PARKER, a subis a transverse sectional elevation of a porject of the King of England, residing at Metion of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspecthuen, in the county of Essex and State of tive viewofaportion of the lifter-plate. Fig. 5 Massachusetts, have invented a new and use- 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the fol Spinning-Frame, of which the following whirl-supporting washers detached. is a specification. Similar numerals of reference are em- This invention relates to certain improveployed to indicate corresponding parts ments in spindles and spindle-bearings, and throughout the several figures of the draw- .60 co has for its principal object to provide a conings.

struction of whirl and bobbin-tube on which In the drawings, 1 designates a portion of a much longer bobbin may be wound than can the frame, and 2 a lifter-plate, connected to now be accomplished without change in the rods 3 in the usual manner for efiecting verlength of the spindle, thus increasing the catical movement of the bobbin during the i5 pacity of the machine and the ready winding winding operation. of considerably more yarn on a single bobbin. The spindle 4 is of the ordinary construci A still further object of the invention is to tion and extends through a suitable opening provide a construction of Whirl and bobbin in the lifter-plate, and on said spindle is in which the two are so connected as to effect mounted a whirl 5 and bobbin-receiving tube 7.0 20 a steadier motion of the bobbin, and thus 6, the latter being preferably provided with reduce the power necessary for revolving the an internal thread or groove in order to persame and at the same time permit of faster mit the passage of the lubricant and keep all winding. portions of the spindle supplied therewith.

A still further object of the invention is to In the upper surface of the lifter-plate is 25 provide improved means for lubricating the formed an elongated groove '7, which may exspindle, permitting the ready addition of lutend throughout the full length of the lifterbricant while the frame is running, and in plate or may be formed in a number of secwhich provision is made for the retention of tions properly spaced from each other at a considerable quantity of lubricant, so that points Where the lifter-rods are connected. 8o 3:: the spindle will at all times be properly lu- These grooves are comparatively deep and bricated and the necessity of frequent attenbeing preferably extended to nearly the lower lion will be avoided. surface of the lifter-plate, and along the A still further object of the invention is to bottom of the groove is placed a continuous provide a combined lifter-plate and lubricastrip 8, of felt, wicking, or some similar ma- 8 ;5 tor, so arranged as to allow the lowering of terial capable of absorbing the lubricant, the

the whirl and to permit of the better distristrip being provided at intervals with suitbution of the lubricant to the cylinder in part able openings for the passage of the spindles. by the action of the lifter-frame. On this strip of felt are placed washers 9,

With these and other objects in view the informed of any suitable material and provided 4o vention consistsin the novel construction and with spindle-openings 9', While between the arrangement of parts hereinafter described, adjacent ends of the washers are placed felt illustrated in the accompanying drawings, strips 10, the groove as a whole serving as an and particularly pointed out in the appendoil-reservoir and splashing of the lubricant ed claims, it being understood that various being prevented by the employment of the 5 5 changes in the form, proportions, size, and felt or similar absorbent material. In the minor details of the structure may be made top of the lifter-plate are circular recesses 11, without departing from the spirit or sacrificthe lower walls of which are about on a level ing any of the advantages of the invention. with the upper surface of the washers 9, and

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is as the washers are provided with straight 50 a sectional elevation of the improved tube, side portions engaged by the plate side walls whirl, and a portion of the lubricator forming of the groove, and thus prevented from turning, there is formed a substantially flat base covering the lower felt strip, while the recess permits the entrance of the lower portion of the whirl 5. The lifter-plate further is covered byan auxiliary protecting-strip 13,which is provided at intervals with suitable openings arranged preferably between the spindles, so that lubricating material may be conveniently introduced through these openings to the absorbent material in the reservoir, while at the front of the plate the strip is cut away, as indicated at 14, so that further quantities of lubricant may be introduced directly under the whirl.

The whirl as ordinarily constructed is of such height as to take up a considerable portion of the length of the spindle, and thus reduce the length of the bobbin which can be wound. In carrying out the present invention it is designed to materially increase the length of the bobbin by reducing vertical height of the Whirl, and this is accomplished by placing the lower flange 15 at the lower portion of the belt-surface, slightly within the circular recess formed in the top of the lifter-plate and in the covering-strip 13 for the purpose. The upper flange of the whirl is of greater diameter than the usual, as indicated at 16, and is provided with an annular flange forming a circular recess 17 to receive the lower end of the bobbin and serving, in connection with the usual pins 18, to hold the bobbin steady during the operation of the frame.

The tube 6, on which the bobbin is received, is of the ordinary construction and is secured at its lower end to the Whirl.

In the operation of the device the lifterplate is actuated in the usual manner, and as the whirl and tube are raised a slight suction is created at the lower end of the tube, serving to draw up oil from the reservoir, and during a rapid rotative movement of the tube and whirl 6 oil is forced up to the upper portion of'the spindle and thoroughly lubricates the same.

bin of much greater length may be wound on the same spindle than is possible at the present time, thus increasing the quantity of yarn and reducing the number of dofling operations, so that the same frame may accomplish a greater amount of work than frames as ordinarily constructed. Aside from this the construction of the whirl and its position are such that the driving motion will be more steady and uniform, and as the bobbin is received within a recessed portion of the whirl it will be held steadier and may be revolved at a much greater rate of speed than-is now possible.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1'. In a spinning-frame, a spindle, a tube and whirl mounted thereon, a lifter-plate having its upper face recessed to form a lubricant-reservoir, absorbent material disposed within the reservoir, and washers resting on a portion of the absorbent material and serving to support the weight of the tube and whirl.

2. In a spinning-frame, a lifter-plate having its upper face recessed to form a lubricant-reservoir, absorbent material disposed in the reservoir, and a tube and whirl-supporting washer supported by a portion of such absorbent material.

3. In a spinning-frame, a lifter-plate having in its upper face an elongated recess having a lubricant-reservoir, absorbent material disposed in the reservoir, said plate being further provided with spaced recesses, washers arranged within said recesses and supported by the absorbent material, spindles extending through the lifter-plate and washers, and tubes and whirls mounted on the spindles, the lower portions of said tubes and whirls being received within the spaced recesses, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED PARKER. /Vitnessesz ELI FURNEAUX, CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL. 

